Chapter 4

(C) Refer to chapter 1
"So, what was that all about?" asked Harry as they made their way upstairs to their room.

"We got a letter from Ron's mom asking us to come over for the rest of the summer and go to the world cup with them," she said sounding normal.

"Oh, let me see it," he said and she handed the letter to him. "How do you know what it's about? You didn't even open it!" Harry exclaimed.

She tapped her temple and said, "Divination," which was enough of an explanation for Harry.

"You reckon we should give the letter to Vernon and see if we can go?" asked Harry.

"I don't know; he'd want to know how we had gotten it. Oh, I know, we can tell him Pig brought it to us! Ron's going to send us a letter seeing if we got it and Pig's going to bring it. That's a good explanation if I do say so my self!" said Lily, amazed at her own brilliance. She had managed to lie to an Uncle she didn't have and make up a plan to lie to him again all in the same morning!

"Who's Pig?" asked Harry.

"Of course, you don't know him yet! He's the owl that Sirius gave Ron. His full name's Pigwidgeon. All we have to do is wait for Ron's letter and then it's set!" she said. "Let's read the letter," she added as yet again a look of amazement creeped onto Harry's face.

"Okay, you read it to me, okay?" he said.

"Okay, here we go," she said and cleared her throat.

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Dursley,

We have never been introduced, but I am sure you have heard a great deal from Harry and Lily about my son, Ron, and my daughter, Ginny.

As Harry or Lily might have told you, the final of the Quidditch World Cup takes place this Monday night, and my husband, Arthur, has managed to get prime tickets through his connections at the Department of Magical Games and Sports.

I do hope you will allow us to take Lily and Harry to the match, as this really is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; Britain hasn't hosted the cup for thirty years, and tickets are extremely hard to come by. We would of course be glad to have both of them stay for the remainder of the summer holidays, and to see them safely onto the train back to school.

It would be best for Harry and Lily to send us your answer as quickly as possible in the normal way, because the Muggle postman has never delivered to our house, and I am not sure he even knows where it is.

Hoping to see Lily and Harry soon,
Yours sincerely,
Molly Weasley

"Phew, she didn't add the ending." Thought Lily. "Cool, eh? The seats are in the top box. I can't wait to see the match! I've never seen Quidditch before!" said Lily.

"You've never seen it before? What do you mean! You play keeper on the team now that Oliver's gone. Remember, McGonagall put you on as relief keeper in case Oliver ever got hurt or anything. Besides, I still need you to go and check my letter to Sirius. I'm not sure if I've spelled "Mutilation" right," he said. She was so happy to find out she was on a Quidditch team she nearly jumped up and down on her bed.

"I'm going to read one of my books. I need to catch up on things to make sure I'm not behind everyone else, you know? And I want to look at my wand," said Lily. She almost had to gasp for breath after she said all that.

"Oh, no," he said and he felt her head. "Are you coming down with a temperature or something?" he asked.

She swiped his hand away and said, "No, why?" She was startled he had asked that.

"You, reading a book? I'm gonna have to write Hermione about you! You're turning into her, you know?" he said.

"Oh, well, give me a break. I haven't read anything magical in forever!" she gasped. She suddenly realized her mistake. "Duh, I go to a magical school! Come on, Lily! Get a grip!" she thought.

"I know, it does seem like forever since we've been to school, doesn't it? Well, go ahead."

Suddenly a little owl burst in through the window and flew straight into Harry's head. Lily giggled mischievously and Harry said, "Well, you are going to have to have a talk with Professor Trelawney and teach her how to predict the future. So you must be Pig?" he said turning to the little owl in his hand. He took the letter and read it out loud.

Harry, Lily---Dad got the tickets---Ireland versus Bulgaria, Monday night. Mum's writing to the Muggles to ask you to stay. They might already have the letter, I don't know how fast Muggle post is. Thought I'd send this with Pig anyway. We're coming for you two whether the Muggles like it or not, you can't miss the World Cup, only Mum and Dad reckon it's better if we pretend to ask their permission first. If they say yes, send Pig back with your answer pronto, and we'll come to get you at five o'clock on Sunday. If they say no, send Pig back pronto and we'll come and get you at five o'clock on Sunday anyway.

Hermione's arriving this afternoon. Percy's starting work---the Department of International Magical Cooperation. Don't mention any about Abroad while you're here unless you want the pants bored off you.

See you soon---Ron

"You are great Lily, you even knew what the owl's name was! Do you know who's gonna win the Cup? Don't tell me if you do, I don't want to know. I want to enjoy the game," said Harry.

"I do know I'm great and I do know who's going to win. It's gonna be great Harry! Better make sure we've got some galleons in the trunk to buy stuff. I can't wait!" she said excitedly, her cheerfulness showing on her face.
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